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This exhibit was created by Clemson Historic Properties and Clemson Creative Services in order to raise awareness of Clemson's difficult history and highlight the contributions of African Americans to Fort Hill. This PDF was printed on posters and…

A.D. Carson, a former Clemson doctoral student, wrote this poem and produced the video as part of the See the Stripes campaign. This student-led campaign called for Clemson University to recognize its complete history, including the history of…

This video is a short clip produced by Clemson Productions for a 2016 university-sponsored event, Clemson History in Plain Sight. At the event, speakers spoke about four aspects of the history of Clemson University: Thomas and Anna Maria Clemson,…

This photograph, possibly the earliest photograph of Fort Hill, is believed to be of Marie Calhoun and Floride Isabella Lee, the granddaughter of Anna Maria and Thomas Green Clemson. Marie Calhoun was born into slavery at Fort Hill ca. 1842. She was…

Nancy Calhoun Legree was born into slavery and is believed to be 106 in this photograph. Nancy continued to work for Thomas Green Clemson at Fort Hill even after emancipation.

Matilda "Tiller" Calhoun was born into slavery at Fort Hill and was listed on the 1865 appraisal with her father, Sharper, when she was 8 years old. According to Clemson University, this photograph is believed to be of Tiller.

Marie Calhoun was born into slavery at Fort Hill ca. 1842. She was the same age as the Thomas Green Clemson and Anna Maria's daughter, Floride Elizabeth. Marie was a seamstress and learned French. After Floride Elizabeth's death in 1871, she helped…

The Frusters were enslaved at Fort Hill until emancipation. Following the Civil War, they continued to work for Thomas Green Clemson as farm laborers. After Clemson's death, they worked the land that had become Clemson College and would go on to…

This newspaper article, published in the New York Herald (a decidedly pro-slavery newspaper), describes John C. Calhoun's plantation. In it, the slave quarters are described as being about 1/8 of a mile from the plantation mansion and built by stone,…

Thomas Green Clemson writes this letter to John C. Calhoun while living in Belgium. Clemson was concerned about his plantation at Cane Brake and seeking advice about selling the plantation. He did, however, wish to retain the 37 enslaved persons he…